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Kenna
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In early January, Kenna began his ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, in an effort to raise awareness about the global clean-water crisis, which affects more than 1 billion people on the planet and kills nearly 4 million every year. The journey was documented on "Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro," which premiered on MTV Sunday night.
It was a pretty massive undertaking — both the mountain and the mission — so it's a good thing he didn't go it alone. Joining Kenna on the trek was a team of of nearly 300 men and women, including fellow musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold, actors Jessica Biel and Emile Hirsch, plus scientists, United Nations representatives and experienced mountain guides. (Justin Timberlake had intended to accompany them but was...
Kenna
Photo: MTV News
In early January, Kenna began his ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, in an effort to raise awareness about the global clean-water crisis, which affects more than 1 billion people on the planet and kills nearly 4 million every year. The journey was documented on "Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro," which premiered on MTV Sunday night.
It was a pretty massive undertaking — both the mountain and the mission — so it's a good thing he didn't go it alone. Joining Kenna on the trek was a team of of nearly 300 men and women, including fellow musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold, actors Jessica Biel and Emile Hirsch, plus scientists, United Nations representatives and experienced mountain guides. (Justin Timberlake had intended to accompany them but was...
- 3/15/2010
- MTV Music News
In support of his close friend Kenna, Justin Timberlake will provide MTV viewers with a personal introduction to the 90-minute documentary, Summit On The Summit: Kilimanjaro. On Sunday, March 14 at 9pm Et/Pt, MTV will show fans a never-before seen side of today’s most influential artists and activists as they raise awareness of the global clean water crisis by climbing one of the highest altitudes on earth. More information and trailer just ahead:
Kilimanjaro will present the expedition and the dramatic final ascent of Grammy-nominated musician, philanthropist, and “actionist” Kenna, the mastermind behind the expedition, along with a group of his friends, including Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Lupe Fiasco, Santigold, Isabel Lucas, Elizabeth Gore, Alexandra Cousteau, Jimmy Chin, Kick Kennedy and more as they attempt to reach the top of Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Kilimanjaro will present the expedition and the dramatic final ascent of Grammy-nominated musician, philanthropist, and “actionist” Kenna, the mastermind behind the expedition, along with a group of his friends, including Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Lupe Fiasco, Santigold, Isabel Lucas, Elizabeth Gore, Alexandra Cousteau, Jimmy Chin, Kick Kennedy and more as they attempt to reach the top of Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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- 3/13/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (bbkc)
Emile Hirsch is best known for playing the foolhardy, adventure-seeking Christopher McCandless in the Sean Penn-directed film Into the Wild. This fact was not lost on Hirsch as he ascended Mount Kilimanjaro in January, realizing his outdoorsy cred could take a serious beating if he failed to reach the mountain's summit. Especially if Jessica Biel, Isabel Lucas, and Lupe Fiasco, who joined him on the climb, beat him to the top. Hirsch and company climbed the 19,341-foot Tanzanian peak as part of Summit on the Summit, an effort spearheaded by Grammy-nominated recording artist Kenna to raise awareness about the billion people who don't have access to clean drinking water. A documentary following the climb airs on MTV this Sunday. In the course of our conversation, we also discussed why he's not exactly king of the mountain in Hollywood right now, and the specific ways in which Mount Kilimanjaro is...
- 3/13/2010
- Vanity Fair
Documentary premieres Sunday night at 9 p.m. Et on MTV.
By James Montgomery
Kenna
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In 2005, Kenna — who had long heard stories of the majesty and mystery of Mt. Kilimanjaro from his father — decided to climb the peak. He made it to Kosovo Camp, a clearing located some 16,000 feet above sea level (and still 3,000 feet from the summit), and then pushed onward toward the top of the mountain. He didn't make it.
Five years later, he decided to make the trek again, this time in the hope of calling attention to the global clean-water crisis. Both the trip and the cause were personal to Kenna, because when his father was a child in Ethiopia, he lost his brother and friends to water-borne diseases and, as he put it, "I could have been one of those kids."
So, in January, with a crew of nearly 300 backing him up — including fellow musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold,...
By James Montgomery
Kenna
Photo: MTV
In 2005, Kenna — who had long heard stories of the majesty and mystery of Mt. Kilimanjaro from his father — decided to climb the peak. He made it to Kosovo Camp, a clearing located some 16,000 feet above sea level (and still 3,000 feet from the summit), and then pushed onward toward the top of the mountain. He didn't make it.
Five years later, he decided to make the trek again, this time in the hope of calling attention to the global clean-water crisis. Both the trip and the cause were personal to Kenna, because when his father was a child in Ethiopia, he lost his brother and friends to water-borne diseases and, as he put it, "I could have been one of those kids."
So, in January, with a crew of nearly 300 backing him up — including fellow musicians Lupe Fiasco and Santigold,...
- 3/12/2010
- MTV Music News
Film that documents the climb airs Sunday at 9 p.m. Et on MTV.
By James Montgomery
Justin Timberlake
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Justin Timberlake was there when his pal Kenna decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. In fact, he encouraged him to do it, and is "bummed" that his schedule didn't allow him to join his friend on the trek.
"Kenna and I, every winter, we find a place to go snowboarding, and we were up on a mountain somewhere, snowboarding," Timberlake told MTV News. "We got onto the lift, and Kenna was talking about how, before, he had tried to climb Kilimanjaro." And there, the idea for "Summit on the Summit" was hatched.
Unfortunately, due to work conflicts — the trek up Africa's highest peak was rescheduled several times and ultimately collided with Timberlake's filming for "The Social Network" — Justin didn't actually get to make the climb with Kenna. Instead, the likes...
By James Montgomery
Justin Timberlake
Photo: MTV News
Justin Timberlake was there when his pal Kenna decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. In fact, he encouraged him to do it, and is "bummed" that his schedule didn't allow him to join his friend on the trek.
"Kenna and I, every winter, we find a place to go snowboarding, and we were up on a mountain somewhere, snowboarding," Timberlake told MTV News. "We got onto the lift, and Kenna was talking about how, before, he had tried to climb Kilimanjaro." And there, the idea for "Summit on the Summit" was hatched.
Unfortunately, due to work conflicts — the trek up Africa's highest peak was rescheduled several times and ultimately collided with Timberlake's filming for "The Social Network" — Justin didn't actually get to make the climb with Kenna. Instead, the likes...
- 3/12/2010
- MTV Music News
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